Operations Leadership - Fellowship in Operations Leadership

Start: July

Duration: 9 months part-time.

Entry Requirements:

Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve a 1st or 2nd class UK Honours degree in a relevant discipline, or the international equivalent of these UK qualifications. Other relevant qualifications together with significant experience may be considered.

Course Description:

This is a vocational programme developed to meet the needs of industry for high calibre managers and leaders who can drive performance improvements and manage change. It combines intensive teaching at Cranfield with company based project work.

The programme enables an employee to resolve an existing and relevant in-company business issue. At the same time they will be developing operations and service leadership skills, through access to Cranfield expertise, both during attendance at Cranfield and during individual in-company coaching sessions.

The investment in the employee attending the course delivers tangible business results that can make the investment self financing. In addition the employee develops skills that ensure their ability to improve business performance is increased.

Individual Project

An industrial project will be undertaken during the course. Each project will focus on resolving a real-life issue that is important for the sponsoring company. The delegate will use the tools, techniques and skills learnt at Cranfield during the four taught modules to resolve the operational or service issue. This issue may relate to a performance improvement, designing and implementing a change programme or resolving an operations or service problem.

Modules:

• Students complete four one-week modules
• Advanced Operations, Project and Cost Management
• Service Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Developing and Using Leadership  Skills
• Delivering Effective Change

Funding:

Fellowship students are sponsored by their employer. There is no other funding available.

For further information, please contact School of Applied Sciences Enquiries tel: 01234 754086 or email appliedsciences@cranfield.ac.uk

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